Top News Stories from 1934

World Events

• Chancellor Dollfuss of Austria is assassinated by Nazis.
• U.S.S.R. admitted to League of Nations.
• Dionne sisters, first quintuplets to survive beyond infancy, born in Canada. Background: Multiple Births
• Mao Zedong begins the Long March north with 100,000 soldiers.
• Hitler becomes Führer when chancellorship and presidency are united.

U.S. Events

• Securities Exchange Act is passed, establishing the Securities and Exchange Commission.
• Federal Communications Commission is established to regulate communications.
• Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker ambushed by lawmen in Louisiana. John Dillinger is shot outside Chicago movie theater.
• Dust storms ruin about 100 million acres and damage another 200 million acres of cropland in Kansas, Texas, Colorado, and Oklahoma ("Dust Bowl").

Economics

Sports

World Series

Stanley Cup

Wimbledon

Kentucky Derby Champion

NCAA Football Champions

World Cup

Entertainment

Events

• The Communications Act of 1934 creates the Federal Communications Commission, which regulates broadcasting.
• It Happened One Night sweeps the Academy Awards, winning Best Picture, Director, Actor, and Actress.

Science

• Enrico Fermi works on the creation of new elements through the bombardment of uranium with neutrons.
• Irene and Frederic Joliot-Curie create the first man-made radioactive substance by bombarding aluminum with alpha particles that create radioactive phosphorus.
• Henrik Dam discovers vitamin K.

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